If Instagram is your thing, but droning is your game, there’s a new platform just for you: Dronestagram, a photo and video-sharing site for drones.
Providing a space to share high-res images of some of the most remote landscape across the globe, it’s the drone community’s answer to Instagram. It already has over 300 000 users uploading pics of everything, from China to Mexico.
The UAE is currently inviting submissions for its annual Drones for Good Award, giving $1 million to the person who can design a drone prototype that will benefit mankind and will more than likely change the future of how we use them – but we already knew that.
This is what Dronestagram founder and French entrepreneur, Eric Dupin, had to say about the future of drone photography in an interview with CNN:
Why are people so fascinated by images of Earth from above?
Maybe for the same reasons for which man has always dreamed of flying. Just look at people in an airplane, stuck on the window seat looking down. With satellite images, and apps like Google Earth, we are now used to seeing Earth from above. But drone photos bring a new way of seeing the world, at low altitude, near landscapes and buildings, like a bird would do.
What makes a great drone photo?
It’s a picture that you immediately identify as a drone photo — it is taken at a low altitude, near the target of the picture, and you must see on the picture that it is impossible it has been taken with a device other than a drone. Part of the appeal is that drones can capture images of places that are impossible to reach with another flying device.
What’s been your most popular picture?
The famous eagle from Indonesia, which has had 126,000 views.
Some people are scared about these flying machines because they don’t know them very well and they just repeat what they hear from other people or the media. But most people I know and meet are fascinated by drones — particularly if they see a demo of what we can do in terms of photography.
Tell us a breakthrough in drone photography that excites you
I think there’s a market for indoor drone imagery that has not really been addressed. Another big milestone for me would be when drones are able to easily stream live sessions on the internet.
What are the biggest challenges for drone photographers?
They have to invent a new photographic language, describing unique images that are impossible to make with anything else than a drone.
Is drone photography problematic for people’s privacy?
It may be — as may be photography with a classic DSLR with a powerful zoom.
What’s your favourite shot?
We have so much amazing shots on Dronestagram that it is too difficult to make a choice — but my preferences go to wonderful cityscapes, like the ones of Milan, Barcelona, New York, Sydney or San Francisco, just to mention a few of them.
What country has the largest number of Dronestagrammers?
USA is still the first, followed closely by France and the UK. Brazil and Italy are also in the top five.
What’s your top tip for any drone photographer?
Fly on sunny days, use a good image stabilizer (hardware or software) and respect local regulations.
How will we use drones in the future?
I hope we will use them for good — to show the beauty of the world, help find lost people, and deliver goods and medicine to people who are in hard-to-reach areas.
What place would you most like to see captured by a drone?
We miss good shots from Africa. I’d like to see more landscapes and wildlife, and even cityscapes in Africa from above.
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[source: cnn]
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